February 12, 2020

Kids Zumba Dance Party

Kids and parents headed to Discovery Playhouse for a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Gipson said she wants to offer “a resource for the young parents to do something active with their kids to be a good role model and to have, I mean, a lot of fun. Everybody loves to dance.”

From left: Yolanda Rangel of Cape Girardeau and Mateo Rangel, 7 months; Ruth Gipson, 3, of Cape Girardeau; and Cassie Ungerank of Cape Girardeau and her daughter Emma Brook, 3, take part in a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau. Ellen said she wants to offer "a resource for the young parents to do something active with their kids to be a good role model and to have, I mean, a lot of fun. Everybody loves to dance."

Elias Rangel, 2, of Cape Girardeau, takes part in a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau.

From left: Oliver Sailer, 4, of Jackson; Ruth Gipson, 3, of Cape Girardeau; and Kanani Scott, 4, take part in a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau.

Kanani Scott, 4, takes part in a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau.

Makayla Bates and her daughter Sofia Umana, 11 months, take part in a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau (right), on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau.

Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau (dancing on left) leads a Kids Zumba Dance Party class next to Oliver Sailer, 4, of Jackson (middle in red) on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau.

Ruth Gipson, 3, of Cape Girardeau high fives her mother, Ellen Gipson, during a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ellen, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau.

Ruth Gipson, 3, of Cape Girardeau, looks at a book while others take part in a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ruth's mother Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau.

Makayla Bates and her daughter Kanani Scott, 4, take part in a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau.

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Kids and parents headed to Discovery Playhouse for a Kids Zumba Dance Party class, led by Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Gipson said she wants to offer “a resource for the young parents to do something active with their kids to be a good role model and to have, I mean, a lot of fun. Everybody loves to dance.”

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